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The bungalows along Emmons Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)For the second year in a row, Sandy-battered homeowners are getting squeezed by the FEMA flood insurance program. Homeowners in high-risk flood zones could see their insurance rates spike by as much as 25 percent, under new FEMA guidelines that
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From left to right: Officer Andrey Vishnevsky, private investigator Roman Khaykin, and officer Raghunandan Ramroop at the Kings Bay Y. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The Be Proud Foundation [https://www.facebook.com/BeProudNY] invited law enforcement to the Kings Bay Y Friday to warn seniors about scams and other
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Marine Park. (Photo: Tanya Pavl [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=529561133874755&set=br.AbpCuqXtemnrIsl0VX5eWrhAuoybx863uM_Y20Fr7YQ0sCWpmyNxypxiVsIOuyHHGJohLfi_8st8D0svwpjF4Wyr1yyfxDlVSnOr8O4o5qjBYUVasSqRt9x5x4hO8O07pPCJVNsLGTgy9e9qWJ3EC4AS&type=1&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. There are few opportunities to have your voicer heard. Check out the community board meeting, the police
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Marine Park. (Photo: Tanya Pavl [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=529561133874755&set=br.AbpCuqXtemnrIsl0VX5eWrhAuoybx863uM_Y20Fr7YQ0sCWpmyNxypxiVsIOuyHHGJohLfi_8st8D0svwpjF4Wyr1yyfxDlVSnOr8O4o5qjBYUVasSqRt9x5x4hO8O07pPCJVNsLGTgy9e9qWJ3EC4AS&type=1&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. There are few opportunities to have your voicer heard. Check out the community board meeting, the police
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Senator Ted Cruz shaking hands outside the Chabad Neshama Center in Brighton Beach. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the
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Photo by Vladimir KorostyshevskiyAfter a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites. Madiba Restaurant is staying in Fort Greene thanks to crowdfunding effort.
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2821 Batchelder Street. (Photo: Trulia [http://www.trulia.com/rental/3224057089-2821-Batchelder-St-Brooklyn-NY-11235#photo-13] )Looking for a new place to call home? We’ve rounded up a bunch of intriguing Sheepshead Bay apartment listings — take a look at the details, and let us know what you think. Lots of luck in your
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Senator Ted Cruz greeting supporters outside the Jewish Center of Brighton Beach. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Presidential candidate Ted Cruz campaigned in Brighton Beach Thursday in an effort to woo Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish voters ahead of the New York primary. Cruz’s black Lincoln Navigator rolled into the
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The Ocean Towers building on West 24th Street in Coney Island. (Source: Google Maps)The NYPD has added an attempted murder charge against the teen involved in a fatal beating in Coney Island [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/04/teenage-girl-beaten-death-coney-island/] last week, police announced Thursday. Authorities initially charged 18-year-old Sarina